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miseducate
(redirected from miseducative)

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mis·ed·u·cate  (ms-j-kt)
tr.v. mis·ed·u·cat·ed, mis·ed·u·cat·ing, mis·ed·u·cates
To educate improperly.

mised·u·cation n.


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This oppressive behavior ultimately creates a miseducative environment, causing some students to reject schooling completely, such as when students develop "counteracademic attitudes" and behaviors because school does not relate to who, where, and when they are (Ogbu, 1988).
Educational theorists such as Dewey (1937/1997) have criticized such limited notions of learning as being fallacious, resulting in miseducative experiences.
In case you missed his point, he added that IT personnel were "control freaks" who made "insane, expensive and miseducative decisions.
 
 
 
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